Disposable wearable absorbent articles with gender specific indicating

Abstract

A disposable wearable absorbent article including a gender specific visual wetness indicating area.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A disposable wearable absorbent article, comprising:
 a longitudinal centerline; 
 a male visual wetness indicating area that is a visual fullness indicator associated with a male gender, comprising a plurality of discrete indicators, configured to change from an initial visual state to a subsequent visual state when indicating the presence of a bodily exudates and to indicate degrees of fullness in the absorbent article for liquid body exudates received from a male wearer; and that is substantially elongated along its length, and 
 a female visual wetness indicating area that is a visual fullness indicator associated with a female gender, comprising a plurality of discrete indicators, configured to change to a subsequent visual state when indicating the presence of a bodily exudates and to indicate degrees of fullness in the absorbent article for liquid body exudates received from a female wearer, and that is substantially elongated along its length; 
 and wherein the male visual wetness indicating area is configured to change to a first subsequent visual state when indicating the presence of a bodily exudate; and 
 the female visual wetness indicating area is configured to change to a second subsequent visual state when indicating the presence of a bodily exudate, wherein the second subsequent visual state is visually distinguishable from the first subsequent visual state. 
 
     
     
       2. The disposable wearable absorbent article of  claim 1 , wherein:
 the male visual wetness indicating area is configured for a male wearer; and 
 the female visual wetness indicating area is configured for a female wearer. 
 
     
     
       3. The disposable wearable absorbent article of  1 , wherein the male visual wetness indicating area is disposed proximate to the female visual wetness indicating area. 
     
     
       4. The disposable wearable absorbent article of  claim 1 , wherein the first subsequent visual state is selected from the group including: the color blue, a variation of the color blue, the color green, a variation of the color green, a Mars symbol, an image of a person of male gender, the letter B, the letter M, the word BOY, the word MAN, the word MALE, and combinations thereof. 
     
     
       5. The disposable wearable absorbent article of  claim 1 , wherein the second subsequent visual state is selected from the group including: the color pink, a variation of the color pink, the color purple, a variation of the color purple, a Venus symbol, an image of a person of female gender, the letter G, the letter W, the letter F, the word GIRL, the word WOMAN, the word FEMALE, and combinations thereof. 
     
     
       6. The disposable wearable absorbent article of  claim 1 , including a male indicium. 
     
     
       7. The disposable wearable absorbent article of  claim 6 , wherein the male indicium is disposed proximate to the male visual wetness indicating area. 
     
     
       8. The disposable wearable absorbent article of  claim 1 , including a female indicium. 
     
     
       9. The disposable wearable absorbent article of  claim 8 , wherein the female indicium is disposed proximate to the female visual wetness indicating area. 
     
     
       10. The disposable wearable absorbent article of  claim 1 , wherein:
 the male visual fullness indicator has an overall shape with a substantially uniform width; and 
 the female visual fullness indicator has an overall shape with a substantially uniform width. 
 
     
     
       11. The disposable wearable absorbent article of  claim 1 , wherein:
 a visual state change at a longitudinally inboard end of the male visual fullness indicator indicates a first degree of fullness for a male wearer; and 
 a visual state change at a longitudinally inboard end of the female visual fullness indicator indicates a second degree of fullness for a female wearer that is about the same as the first degree of fullness. 
 
     
     
       12. The disposable wearable absorbent article of  claim 1 , wherein:
 a visual state change at a longitudinally outboard end of the male visual fullness indicator indicates a first degree of fullness for a male wearer; and 
 a visual state change at a longitudinally outboard end of the female visual fullness indicator indicates a second degree of fullness for a female wearer that is about the same as the first degree of fullness. 
 
     
     
       13. The disposable wearable absorbent article of  claim 1 , wherein:
 the male visual fullness indicator and the female visual wetness indicator are each disposed in a front of the article; 
 the article includes a front waist edge; 
 the male visual fullness indicator includes a longitudinally inboard end disposed at a first longitudinal distance from the front waist edge; and 
 the female visual fullness indicator includes a longitudinally inboard end disposed at a second longitudinal distance from the front waist edge, wherein the second longitudinal distance is greater than the first longitudinal distance. 
 
     
     
       14. The disposable wearable absorbent article of  claim 1 , wherein:
 the male visual fullness indicator and the female visual wetness indicator are each disposed in a back of the article; 
 the article includes a front waist edge; 
 the male visual fullness indicator includes a longitudinally outboard end disposed at a first longitudinal distance from the front waist edge; and 
 the female visual fullness indicator includes a longitudinally outboard end disposed at a second longitudinal distance from the front waist edge, wherein the second longitudinal distance is greater than the first longitudinal distance. 
 
     
     
       15. The disposable wearable absorbent article of  claim 1 , wherein the male visual fullness indicator and the female visual wetness indicator are each disposed in a front of the article. 
     
     
       16. The disposable wearable absorbent article of  claim 1 , wherein the male visual fullness indicator and the female visual wetness indicator are each disposed in a back of the article. 
     
     
       17. The disposable wearable absorbent article of  claim 1 , wherein the male visual fullness indicator and the female visual fullness indicator are substantially elongated along the longitudinal centerline of the article. 
     
     
       18. The disposable wearable absorbent article of  claim 1 , wherein the male visual fullness indicator and the female visual fullness indicator change from the initial visual state to a subsequent visual state progressively along the length.